Great Falls tribune. [volume], January 01, 1887, Image 2

About Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890

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My Motto: r to be Undersold."
STHEONE FCE CLOTHIER
Hsa Now on Hand a Large and Complete Stock of Winter Clothing, Purchased Before the Advance of Wool, Which We are Selling at Prices Which Defy Competition
Call and Inspect Goods and Prices Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
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A. athan, "The lothier," extto "Tribune" uiidin, reat Falls.
Goods as Represented or 'Money Refunded.
GREAT F]ALLS TRIBUNE.
THROUGH BOSTON EYES.
The Report of a Boston Lady Philan
thropist on Montana Society.
Ch otetl Ce (l'rnet: Miss Williams. a
lady missionary representing an eastern
society of philanthropists, lately visited
this neighborlhood to investigate and report
the condition of the Piegans and other In
dians. We had not the pleasure of meet
ing the lady, but from information receiv
ed it is safeto judge that the society which
she represents will be highly pleased with
her report. It will substantially agree
with the idea so universally entertained
by missionary societies-that the Indians
are a superior race of beings reduced to a
most deplorable condition by contact with
infamous whites. As all facts have prob
ably been viewed through Boston specta
cles it would seem that the report might
as well have been written at the Hub
without the trouble and expense of a
journey to this benighted region; but Miss
Williams is evidently a close observer, and
while our respect for the lady compels us
to believe that she. will confine herself
strictly to facts and is incapable of exag
geration, it is simply terrifying to think of
the adverse conclusions that may be drawn
from her official contribution to missionary
literature. She was horrified at the de
pravity of the residents of ('hoteau, who
actually drank whiskey and played bil
liards on Sunday; she was shocked at the
number of half-breed children seen on her
journey, "and was quite astonished to find
that the store-keepers sold sardines and
condensed milk "in a country whose
streams abound with trout and whose pas
tires are covered with cows." As seen
from Bunker lill, by the electric light of
culture and refinement, these things look
blue for us whites. While they furnish
unquestionable evidence of our natural
depravity, they also prove the Indian to
be our moral if not our intellectual supe
rior; for is he not free from many of those
vices to which we are addicted, in spite of
our demoralizing influence and the absence
of social and religious advantages? It will
be the conscientious duty of Miss Williams
to state in her report that while the saloons
at Choteau are open on the Sabbath, they
are frequented only by white people. The
noble red man never crooks his elbow at
the bar or punches the festive ivories on
the emerald cloth. His children are
thoroughbreds and he scorns the dyspeptic
sardine and the poisonous canned cow
juice. And she will doubtless feel con
strained to relate other instances of moral
obliquity. It states that while at Birch
creek an unfortunate white sinner was
caught in the act of playing poker for an
ax-handle, the sole earthly possession of a
Piegan chief. The chief played well, but
five aces robbed him of his handle. On an
other occasion a long suffering ranchmen,
lamenting the loss of (his horses and quite
unconscious of the missionary's presence,
expressed a wish that the small-pox might
annihilate the whole Piegan tribe. A re
port bristling n ith such an array of facts
must tell seriously against us. We may
plead extenuating circumstances, and pro
mise reform in the sweet bye and bye with
the advent of prohibitory laws, jails,
ekurches and poor houses, but if Miss
Williams tells all she thinks she knows
-about us, Jce Toole and his 4,000 majority
will never open the Plegan reservation.
On the other hand, her report may have
the effect of removing the Piegans to Bos
on or some other abode of bliss remote
from the temptations of wicked Choteau.
In the latter event Miss Williams will
have accomplished the grandest missionary
work ever performed in this garden spot,
iwhere as she kindly stated,
"Every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile."
The Bridge at Great Falls.
It has been decided that two bridges
are to be built at this point, one above
-Bun River and oae just beleW* the dam.
They are to be very flRe structures
and will give employment to a .great
many men while buliding. As they
will be built at once, every person in
town will be helped by the money put
in circulation. It is expected that ev
ery lady in town will buy a new Sing
er sewing machine from Thomson the
agent at this place, ancd every gentle
man will have a suit made to order at
Thomson's: a fit guaranteed and prices
a lower than in the east, Thomson also
has l:,dies' seal caps, ties and a thous
and things that your girl, wife, mother
rt or mother-in-law will be glad to get
for a Christmas present. Don't forget
t- them.
The Fire Geyser.
h The greatest discovery of the age was
made in the Bad Lands Wednesday morn
m ing. The hunters who had been camped
d in that region for several weeks were
s awakened by a terrific shock and a roar
that sounded like the rushing of a mighty
1 torrent. Running out of their camps, they
saw a stream of fire over 100 feet in height
shooting into the atmosphere. This im
it mense blaze poured through the crust of
Ihe earth for over an hour, when it ceased.
a In about five minutes after the cessation,
another eruption took place the flame be
ing about thirty feet high, but this was fol
lowed in about ten minutes by another 1
blaze nearly as high as the first. It is the
greatest and most interesting discovery
made in the northwest for many years, and
is the first geyser of fire, as it has been
y christened, to make its appearence in the
land of endless wonders. It is accounted
for by the fact that there are numerous
beds of coal constantly burning in the Bad
Lands, and this is the result of the bursting
forth of the ignited gases. All who have
passed through the Bad Lands by way of
the Northern Pacific have been interested
0 in the burning veins of coal, which rains,
snows, and years have failed to extinguish.
The phenomenon which made its appear
k ance is said to be located ten miles south
of the Northern Pacific road, and if it does
h not die out, will be the greatest attraction
on the American continent. When last
Sheard from the flames were being about
every fii'een minute::, and varied in height
e fro'n ten to forty feet. The aperature in
the ground is small, and the noise that ac
companies the erruptions is like the roar_
ing of a cataract.-Bismnu'k Tribt ue.
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